Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-04
SHERMAN SPEAKS.
uo Ouens the Same Old Basket of PO.
litical Chestnuts and Distrib.
utes Them to Sucker
Audience.
His Speech at Springfield Yesterday
Devoted to Election Frauds,
Forgetting His Share in
Seating Hayes.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 1.-The baG
weather. of to-day seriously interfered with
.bs Sherman reception at the State capi
20, 80 far as the outdoor demonstration
vas concerned. About 12 o'clock rain sci
IN which continued at intervals, making il
necessary to abandon the outdoor demon
,tratiou Elaborate preparations had
sen made in the way Of platforms and
.oats in front of the State House. During
tbs uIl in the storm about 1000 persons
o,cunied their seats, but were driven to
psnresentative Hall by the rain at
o,clock. At this point the committee de-
.,,mned to remove the demonstration to
SHELTER OF THE STATE HOUSE
and the crowd surged and pressed for en-
trorcet to the Assembly Chamber. In short
time 1000 persons crowded it to the
.,lor;es capable ordinarily OF holding 800
PA Tho more favored to the number of
anu 700 wore admitted to the floor of the
uouSe As Senator Sherman accompanied
-, ,o Gov Oglesby, Senators Cullom and
Es.rwpn and the State officers and members
af tbe managing committee entered the
ha,l there was loud and continued applause.
Senator Sherman was introduced by Gov.
Oglesby.
SHERMAN SPEAKS.
Sherman, after paying a glowing tribute
N the Illinois statesmen, Douglass and
rooan gave a sketch of the history Of the
tvn great political parties since the repeal
1.-THE Missouri Compromise, showing the
nositions of the Republicans and Demo-
rrats on the questions OF war, emancipa.
t;on reconstruction and suffrage. Refer.
rinU TO the Democracy in the Southern
ctstes Sherman said there was not an
;ntellioent man in the land who does not
Lnov that Cleveland is President by virtue
~ crimes against the electoral franchise,
;ncludnp murder, arson, hallot box stufing,
forgery and perjury. But for that Blaine
xould now be in his place. Continuing on
this subject h. said: The influence Of the
succes, of these methods has already
AFFECTED THE ELECTION
in some Of the great cities OF the North, es.
necialy in Chicago and Cincinnati, where
under the lead of Mackin and Tosney the
crlml0al clhSkeb dCCCUecu VA COhIO Va oAO
meanest Of crimes to control the election.
Wby should they not? II crime should be
resorted to by the Democrats OF the South
tocheat and intimidate the poor negroes in
the South, why should not the white DEM
ocrats Of the North be permitted to resort
to forgery and perjury to successfully
change the result OF the election in the
North? Why discriminate against Mackin
and Tosney by sending them to the peni-
tentiary while sending Democrats OF the
South by means of like offenses to the Sen
ate and House and to represent the great
republic in foreign courts?
THE MISSION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
will never end until every legal voter can
cast one honest vote and no more and
have that vote counted. Speaking on the
tariff, Sherman said, the revenues must be
reduced, but opposed the reduction OF
duties on articles that we ourselves pro-
duce, thus bringing our skilled artisans in
competition with foreign labor that will
inevitably reduce the price OF domestic
labor.